Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-10-23

nnmo nxaxsuxxp onnzmAncn THAT
NEEDS uzzEnpEkxB ATTMRxzoN.
Moro thsn souF yoaxs go he Coansil
81 the city 81 seaatls recognized ahs
msesasisg of proper ssatsm Of sersea
nnmbeEing being edopted. Prior %
shat timss . aass 81 kaphaEards Ro-as-
yourpIaass methna. O. want Of meAhods
had been Ia voaus. and each property
hofdaE plaeed auoh numRer On his
store. oizoe OF residence ne best pleased
him. An ordinances, No. 81. was p4s9sd
10 June. 1858. and approved on Nhs 9Th
af that month, which established = sra
ten fer the Numbering q streets. That
ordinance provided thAt the initial
point for al streets south Of MI street
should Be she intersection u Mil and
OoramafeiaI streets; the initial point foE
all nkrseta running eaaseriy from the
bay and situated north Of Mili should
IS the Intersection 0f West and Pine
sfEests, and that tho initial point faE 81
sEresta running In q north and Huath
course, and situated 8uuth or I'LL,
should be the Intersection Of hill and
Broadway ssree&as The second section
crowded THAI she nnmeFi0al dssiGua-
don Of ell dopFwage and entrances Of
buildings, lots, yards and grounds fF0nt-
tnu upan each Of tie streets Of khs city
af GeatEle should run fEnm said initial
points, and 100 nunabeEs weFe allotted
10 esoh block, and one whole numbes Ca
sash twsnty feet Of ErouteRe In each
block. ard whnn noxs thnn one door
gay oR entFanee within such twenty
feet Of frontage, half numbers should
be used; even numbers 10 be used on
the n0FSh and eass sides Of streets and
odd nuznhaE2 on she south and Uesk
sides. This VAS practically the systkm
10 use IL the city Of Rhiladelphia, where
II HAS woRKHp RkxAHxAnLx WELL.
TIE difference consisted Ia haviaa
seseFal initial points heEs instead q ene
and was caused b. the irregular manner
in which the city was laid out. The
ordinance, however. was not mandatory
and lis provisions have never been 30
nroperlY carried out Is the newly Ap
pointed letter carriers In this city have
fOnnd out 20 the4F cost. The carriers
estimate thas not more than one homes
IN ten haa number on it.and tbs great
est difficulty has been experienced ~
iinding the parties 10 whom mail matter
10 addressed. Ia several canes residents
OF the city have been unable to tell the
Postmaster or The Letter Carrier on
what street they resided. This, how
ever, happened only where there were
bnt Q feW houses on the stFesta thai bad
not besn regularly opened. Postmaster
Lyon. h conversation wltn Q Hosr-iN-
xn1LfaENuHn reporter, said that there
existed nov an imperative necessity Tor
having she buildings In che city NUN.
hesed at onos, IL the free delivery 10 q
be of value 20 the city. Il was almost
impossible TO conplg with the pEosis
ions Of the Law, which require that ell
LISTERS coming into the Post Ohiss shall
be delivered 10 the address Of the party
10 whom thsy age written, unless be
ahail ntheFwine direct.
There are very large nunbeE OF clti-
gems now who ere
ANXIOUS 70 HAvH THRtn HousxsNuknnnHE
At once, and many Of them have made
application TO have Il done, but the dif-
henIty Is 10 tell shat 10 the proper num-
Der 10 be placed on the door. Tue iasl
| Oouncia yes 10 have taken ecffon In The
matter, bat fte terra expired without
anything being done. SEINE members
of The present Oouuell have paomised
| 20 i0ok into the whole matter end ar
sanes 20 have an oEdinsnee passed
| framed 90 tbes there wiil be no dim
Guilty n ths nattef.
An exoIanHsion OF the ofdinanoe nov
l ID force Ia ia order, bot Is requires s0Ene
amendmenta before IL fully comgliea
with shs wants es toe cilf. The dis
tsiek south Of h1iii street. can be under.
etood pretty easily when Il d stated
that eli houses en- the streets running
east commence their Numbering fronl
CammeEslal street, those en- tue north
side between that streee and Second
being numbered from 3 10 loo. IL share
are 90 nzany 10 the block; and between
| second and Third beaFinR nnmksFs
| fseua a02 TO 800 and 20 forth. while on
the soukh side they taks esen n1mbare.
| In like manner, the streets Kuanine
south eommsnea ak Hi street, Mil %
Mashington taking the nnmbers from
| l TO 100. even nnmheEa On the east side
and odd Plumbers On the west. Ffom
Hilf alfees north she blocks between
Mill and the short street joining Teaah
street On the weBt being nnmbsred from
! 10 100, ana from that 10 Opdar from
i0f 10 100 and 40 90, nginasnQ lhe
hl0ckz fsum James % Cherry Col 10 TO.
Ga Front street., when stewart street ID
fasekad, thsFe ID q jump from 100 e
1900 caused hy tbs wSdRe Of streets t0a /
end on Stewart et dfiIsrent points east
al TIE bay, The Numbering Of the
stEeeas RunMing EAST, under the present
ordinance, commence Ell the corner Of
West stzee1. Tkis will
RnonkD1x KAvn 70 IA kafxNpkD.
AZ neg streets have bean bnist wasa Of
thai and aome others aFe eSnkempiated.
This aifnenalY eonld EASILY be Overcome
hF losing three o. fozr h1adred nnm-
keEa and eoumensing d West strsss
visa Sag s0l. thus allowing fer faaR
streets farther weAt.
TheFa has hosn no rresisi0n aa yet
made for Numbering the houses IA
NaFsh Seaa&fe. bot o. Dapot @tpsaG nf-
eo1Gs an excaiient ksss line from whish
% start there nesd ha no dffanniky.
From BEoa6Way can 10 Lake WISHING.
aon Chs nnmbeFa win Be easily aafassed,
lisa the smzna "a il the streets south Of
Nil, all the bIccha In thoas streets BE-
fnR suuaxa, 90 thas NH ana ngoa6way
atFssir nEIa.a hass Musa from walsh %
4snte th1namheS4
WhHn - sga1sm b onoe understood
thsFs b No difneaify N Gxina tbs pam-
heg pFspssly belennAa9 - any d0oFweg
or en1Fanes b. meAaaFina the distance
kFou the eaFaeR sad allnMina twenty
feet fer each uumhez. according 10 TIE
terms % the ordinances. u will, ho1es-
o., BE- fonnd best 90 appoant sane ons
naa 10 atland 10 lhe HambeEing Of he
streets psuperiy a arst and afIlx 9
nnmhsT % eaeh io1 81 The esnex's e.
psune. This mattsr nesds psoGBpa at-
lenlisu and aheaS b Iil1is donbl bat ahak
ne CITY Coanell wsll aake tie malaef ID
hard q en- early date.
TRuR mTHnATR on VALUE.